A South Australian police officer who drew his handgun and took several shots to put down an injured kangaroo is criticised online, but police say officers have the authority to kill injured animals in distress.

Elective surgeries at public hospitals in South Australia will go ahead tomorrow as the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation calls off industrial action after receiving a written commitment from the Government.

America is now without Australian talent after Adelaide's mock-German trailblazing cabaret star Hans is voted off the US mega show, prompting him to comment it is "hardly the first vote this country has got wrong".

Arrium's new boss Sanjeev Gupta, who heads the company which has bought the Whyalla steelworks,says "the sky's the limit" when it comes to the site's potential but keeps his bid and job growth prediction under wraps.

South Australia will be home to the world's largest lithium ion battery thanks to a historic agreement between Tesla and the State Government, with Tesla boss Elon Musk promising to build it in 100 days, or it's free.

An appeal of a teenager's sentence over the death of an Adelaide motorist would be "nothing more than a stunt" under current legislation, the Attorney-General says, flagging changes that would allow young offenders to be sentenced as adults for serious crimes.

A small number of overseas workers are required to help build Australia's next submarine fleet because local staff "can't just learn from reading a manual", Minister for Defence Industry Christopher Pyne says.

South Australia's Mental Health Minister Leesa Vlahos did not follow up on warnings about serious safety risks at an Oakden nursing home, because she did not have the name of person who made the complaint.